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Declan Gillespie

Profile

PhD candidate in Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies

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Supervisors:

Prof. Daniel Katz

Prof. Emma Mason

Funding:

Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training PartnershipLink opens in a new window

Research

Thesis title:

The Protruding Void: Mystical Affect in Samuel Beckett's Prose

Research interests:

Modernism (particularly Irish modernism)

Postmodern/twenty-first century Irish literature and hauntology

Critical theory and philosophy

Comparative theology and mysticism

Affect studies

Qualifications:

BA English (Ulster University)

MA English Literary Studies (Queen's University, Belfast)